Collar-protector.



N0. 639,2l3. Patented Dec. l9, I899.

J. B. M06. CLEVENSTINE.

COLLAR PROTECTOR.

(Application filed July 8, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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JOHN B. MCO. CLEVENSTINE, OF BRIDGETON, NEW JERSEY.

COLLAR-PROTECTO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 639,213, dated December 19, 1899. Application filed July 8,1899. Serial No. 723,165. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it kn own that I, JOHN B. M00. CLEVEN- sTINE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bridgeton, in the county of Cumberland and State of New Jersey, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Collar- Protectors, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in protectors for collars,and has for its object to provide an exceedingly simple and effective device of this description which may be readily adjusted in place upon the collar and will thereafter protect the collar against perspiration from the neck of the wearer and also from being soiled along the edges thereof.

A further object of my invention is to provide for the holding of the protector in place without the use of metallic clamps, thereby facilitating the laundering of the protector.

With these ends in view this invention consists in the details of construction and combinationof elements hereinafter set forth and then specifically designated by the claim.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains may understand how to make and use the-same, the construction and operation will now'be described in detail, referring to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in whicl1- Figure 1 represents inyimproved protector in place upon a collar in use; and Fig. 2, a

View showing the formation of the protector,

. a portion thereof being ripped and turned outward, so as to show its construction.

In carrying out my invention as here embodied I form the body A of the protector from a piece of fabric cut in approximately the shape shown, and this fabric may be of silk or other suitable material, the lower edge of which is hemmed or bound, as indicated at 13, while to the upper portion of the body is stitched the protecting-band O, and this band prior to being stitched to the body is formed of the waterproof strip D and its covering E, the latter being of any suitable fabric, the edges thereof being turned over the edges of the waterproof strip D, as clearly shown. Also before stitching the protectingband C to the body a gage-strip F of a suitable stiffening material is placed along the upper edge of the body and a portion of the latter turned over this strip, as indicated at G. In practice the several sections which make up the protector may be secured together by the two lines of stitching II and I, or any other method of secnrement may be utilized.

In practice the protector is applied to the collar without removing the same and without the need of a mirror by simply passing the body between the collar and the neck of the wearer and continuing to adjust it downward until the lower edge of the stifiening strip F reaches the upper edge of the collar, which will then serve as a gage for turning over that portion of the protector which is to lie out-side of the collar, and when so turned over this stiffening-strip serves to hold the protector in place and in connection with that portion of the protector which has been adjusted inside of the collar will effectually prevent accidental displacement. When in place, all the perspiration arising from the neck of the wearer will be prevented from reaching the collar by the impervious strip D, and all thereof may be absorbed. by the fabric of which the body is composed, and, further, the overturned portion of the device will protectthe upper edge of the collar against being soiled, and,as is well known,this is the first portion of a collar which becomes marred in appearance by soiling.

If desired, the protector and stiffened strip might be made of sufficient width to cause the overturned portions thereof to cover the outer surface of the collar, in which case the latter would also be protected against soiling.

My improvement is especially adapted for use by persons traveling or engaging in violent exercise or occupation, since after traveling or such occupation or exercise ceases the protector may be removed, leaving the collar in as perfect condition as when the protector was first applied.

A further object of myimprovementis that when the body of the protector is made of silk or the like it will avoid the chafing which of-' ten comes from the contact of the collar directly with the neck in warm weather.

It will be noted that the appearance of my I a covering therefor secured over the stiifen protector in use is not unsightly and can be ing-strip, as and for the purpose set forth.

used by persons in any and all occupations In testimony whereof I have hereunto afand when not desired may be removed, folded fixed my signature in the presence of two sub- 5 in a small compass, and carried in the pocket. scribing witnesses.

Havim thus fully described my invent-ion s What I claim as new and useful is- JOHN UEVENSTINE' In a protector, a body, a stiffeningstri p se- Vitnesses: cured thereto parallel with but a suitable dis- WM. B. TRENSHAW, 1o tance from the edge, a Waterproof strip and N. B. OGDEN. 

